Android apps - suggestions?

[bibblebub]

I have decided to buy my first smartphone – it runs Android 4.0.4 (ice cream sandwich). Up to now I have always ignored any mention of apps that I have seen either online or in print and thus have no idea about what’s available, other than there seems to be a lot of them.

So I would be grateful for any suggestions for apps that have proved to be useful or fun; I’m interested in photos, videos and cinema but am not going to limit myself to those areas.

p.s. I am a skinflint so any app that has to be paid for will need to be very special.

[ChuckFickens]

I generally install straight away.

A spirit level (loads available)
A compass (also loads about)
A Wi-Fi auditer (possibly not so useful for you)
A Torch (if the phone has a flash for the camera)
The power settings widget
A Bar Code reader
Google Goggles

[daffy654]

Sophos Security malware scanner.

[bibblebub]

thanks, both, for those suggestions - definitely will be getting some of them

[sunny-dave]

Tunein Radio
Apndroid (turns off data to save battery and/or money)
Battery Monitor Widget
3G watch (monitors data usage)
Superstores Locator - useful for finding cheap food/petrol when away from home

[bibblebub]

thanks dave

[fender62]

es file explorer
fancy widgets
backup bookmarks
history eraser pro
quick boot
quickpic
----------for rooted phones below
rom manager
titanium backup

[bibblebub]

thanks fender62 but I doubt that I'll be rooting it (when I said buy in the OP I meant get on monthly contract)

[squarebear]

At the risk of spamming, myself and a small team have a free beta release of a SIRI type app for your phone (Pandorabots CallMom)
https://play.google.c...m.pandorabots.callmom

It's free and can do most things that SIRI can do plus more. You can also chat to it like a friend. It's still in beta but is pretty much there.

[hc4361]

Dropbox
Google Maps

[RATTER15]

"Where's my Droid" a must have.

[DaisyNonna]

Do I admit that my phone cost me £23 and that it costs me £15 every three months?

[bibblebub]

Thanks for those replies - apart from DaisyNonna since mine is going to cost a lot more than that.

And, squarebear, the phone is the Samsung Galaxy S3 which has S Voice - their version of Siri - so will have to see how well that performs before knowing whether to try something else.

[johnterry]

In my views the latest Android devices enjoy blazingly fast 4G LTE networks, top-of-the-line chips, gorgeous displays, and superb cameras, Android apps are more than capable of outshining their iPhone counterparts.

[Ellipsis]

Put a shortcut to this on your Home screen ...

http://m.theanswerbank.co.uk/

[hc4361]

4G in the UK? Where?